Household Division of Labor: South Asia

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South
Asia represents considerable cultural, religious, ethnic,
and linguistic diversity that is reflected in domestic and cultural
life. The lives of Muslim women are as diverse across
South
Asia as the lives of Hindu and Christian women. These
differences influence women's participation in paid work but
their implications for gendering of work within the home is less
evident. Regional diversity can be characterized by a general
northwest/south split and in some indicators the east has distinc…